Is This Prison Time?

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Anthony Novak created a parody police Facebook page. He was arrested on Good Friday and spent four days in jail before being bailed out. The story of his arrest made national news, but he wasn't charged with any crime. In 2017, Anthony filed a lawsuit against the city of Parma and the police officers who investigated him.

In 2016, a man named Anthony Novak created a parody Facebook page of his local police department. "I just thought, 'That would be funny.'" About a month later, he was arrested. Novak is now petitioning the Supreme Court, and The Onion submitted an amicus brief in support of his case. Their brief is written as a parody of an amicus brief.

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